Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to eat
to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
Male
to eat
to live; to make a living; to survive
to bite; to sting (as insects do)
to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
to consume time; to consume resources
Colloquial
to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
Male; Vulgar expression or word
to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
Vulgar expression or word
to eat; to drink; to wolf; to knock back
to receive (e.g. a blow)
to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble
to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to get one's teeth into; to really get into
to hold on to; to cling to; to stick to
to complain; to bicker
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem; to curb; to halt
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
food; foodstuff
prey; victim
to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
Sumo
to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
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